UP GOVERNMENT

Ghaziabad: Uttar Pradesh government is mulling a 'single window' helpline for quick response to crime or medical emergency in the state, a senior official said on Friday.
Venkat Changavalli, adviser to UP chief minister, briefed the officers about concept of establishment of an integrated control room at Lucknow for which survey...

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Alleging that an Uttar Pradesh minister against whom a complaint is pending before the Lokayukta has been putting pressure on witnesses, social activist Nutan Thakur on February 14 demanded that the minister be either removed or replaced to ensure a free and fair inquiry.
Thakur said it is necessary...

Ghaziabad: Congress leader and former MP Raj Babbar on Wednesday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government for "deteriorating" law and order situation in the district.
The actor-turned-politician has expressed his concern to the UP Director General of Police Anand Lal Banerjee over the "deteriorating" law and order in the state, especially in...

To provide impetus to academic researches,Uttar Pradeshgovernment would develop a website on which research papers belonging to all the universities across the world would be uploaded.
"To maintain quality of research works and to check repetition, a research portal will be developed through UP State High Education Council," Principal Secretary, higher...

Saharanpur: Days after communal violence in Saharanpur claimed the lives of three people and left 33 others injured, the main accused for the riots has been arrested. Muharram Ali Pappu was arrested on Wednesday and booked under the National Security Act.
Earlier in the day, a sixmember BJP team visited...

Uttar Pradesh government transferred eight IAS officers including district magistrate of Ghaziabad.
DM Ghaziabad, SVS Rangarao has been sent to Agricultural Production Commissioner office as special secretary, while Greater Noida Additional Chief Executive officer, Vimal Sharma has made the new DM, an official release said.
Principal Secretary, Institutional Finance, Rajendra Mohan Srivastava...

Amid controversy over Centre's move to give priority to Hindi on official social media, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadavtoday said the SPgovernment and the party had always been in favour of Hindi and Urdu.
"I presented my budget in Hindi itself. But when we are in favour of Hindi you...

In a surprise move, Uttar Pradesh government tonight transfered Principal Secretary (home) Deepak Singhal.
Rakesh Bahadur, an IAS officer of 1979 batch, will be the new Principal Secretary (home), a senior government officer said in Lucknow.
Deepak Singhal was posted as Principal Secretary (home) on June 3 after Anil Gupta was removed...

It has been nearly 10 months since the deadly riots took place in Muzaffarnagar district in western Uttar Pradesh forcing thousands of people, mostly Muslims to live in refuge campus in Shamli. The condition at the relief camp is getting worse day by day. CNNIBN's Runjhun Sharma visits the relief...

Firozabad: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a compensation of 20 lakh each to the families of two policemen who were shot dead in Firozabad on Sunday. UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said, "The two policemen who died in an encounter in Ferozabad, lost their lives to ensure law and...

Distribution of exgratia to the kin of 948 persons belonging to Uttar Pradesh who lost their lives in the last year's Uttarakhand tragedy would commence soon.
The process of distribution of death certificates and gazette notification of these 948 persons who died in the Uttarakhand tragedy has been completed, and now...

Badaun gangrape continues to attract political attention with leaders thronging the UP district to meet the bereaved family members of the teenaged victims. Senior leaders inclusing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, BSP chief Mayawati, LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan are among the politicians who have paid a visit to the...

Political blame game over the Badaun gangrape continues. While BSP chief Mayawati demanded President's Rule; LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan who met the bereaved families today asked why the UP CM have not yet paid them a visit yet.
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Women & Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday insisted that her department was taking the Badaun gangrape case very seriously and it topped their priority list. Earlier in the day, the Home Ministry asked the Uttar Pradesh government on why the SC/ST Act was not slapped against the culprits...

Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday said that development can be seen all over but there is no human development in Uttar Pradesh. "If our mothers and sisters are not respected, then this development is meaningless," Meira said on Badaun rape case.
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Bad news continues from Uttar Pradesh. After the mother of a rape victim was assaulted by the rapist in Etawah and two sisters were gangraped and hanged in Badaun, a minor was gangraped in Azamgarh. The incidents have sent shockwaves across the country and hit international headlines.
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Two district police chiefs were among the five IPS officers transferred on Tuesday by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Vijay Yadav has been made Superintendent of Police (SP) Lalitpur. Earlier he was attached to DGP office.
Superintendent of Police of Mahoba Ramlal Verma has been attached to the DGP office, sources said.
SP Vigilance,...

Uttar Pradesh government on Friday issued necessary directives to officials concerned for maintaining law and order during and after counting of votes of the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
"Directives have been issued to all the divisional commissioners, IGs zone, range DIGs, DMs and SPs for maintaining law and order...

No fresh application was moved by the UP government to High Court or lower court in connection with cancellation of bail of the 50 politicians accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots.
District government counsel Dushyant Tyagi said no fresh application of cancellation of bail was moved in the High Court or district...

Taking a strong view of bad shape of Delhi-Yumonotri Road in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh government on Monday issued charge sheet to Principal Secretary, PWD and Director UP State Highway Development Authority.
The government has also ordered suspension of other officials concerned, an official spokesman said.
Orders for repairing the road were...

A senior UP government official on Wednesday warned the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) against adopting dilly-dallying tactics towards the project.
Adviser, Uttar Pradesh government's External aided Projects Department, Madhukar Jetley, said,"No laxity or dilly-dallying on the part of officials will be tolerated in the project. Action will be taken against...

Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed an order passed by the Uttar Pradesh government two months ago in which 'Kumhar' caste was included in the Scheduled Castes.
A Division Bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Satish Chandra passed the order on a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Government Order dated...

The Uttar Pradesh government's nod for acquiring around 50 acres of land for constructing a new terminal at Agra's Kheria Airport, which is part of an Indian Air Force base, has raised hopes of majorly boosting the Taj city's tourism industry.
The state government has sanctioned Rs 60 crores for the land...

Alleging the Samajwadi Party-led government in Uttar Pradesh was carrying out large-scale transfer of administrative officials ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the Congress today demanded holding of elections in the state under watchful eyes of the Central forces.
"Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the UP government has been carrying out massive...

Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Tuesday alleged that a charge sheet was "deliberately" not being filed in her house arson case involving some BSP leaders, prompting the Uttar Pradesh government to assure her that they will look into the matter.
"We will look into the matter and will go through...

Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off another letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking early implementation of the Allahabad High Court order on CBI inquiry into misappropriation of funds under the NREGA.
While recalling his earlier correspondence to the Chief Minister, in a fresh letter issued on Tuesday,...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday issued notice to all persons, named by Uttar Pradesh goverment as offenders indulging in illegal sand mining, asking why they should not be directed to pay compensation for unauthorised removal of the mineral from river Yamuna.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter...

Even as the Akhilesh Yadav government makes tall claims of Uttar Pradesh being a state where law and order is intact and criminals are inside jails, the statistics rather cut a sorry picture for the Samajwadi Party (SP).
While the records released by the home department as a yearender show that...

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Thursday approved a series of welfare and development measures, including free Xray facilities at all government hospitals in the state, and an international airport at Kushinagar, a prominent Buddhist centre.
Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said the state government of the...